On the Menu 5th Week of April

Need dinner ideas? Here’s a spring menu plan for the third week of April with scrumptious dinners and 45 delicious recipes! There are delicious main dishes, side dishes, vegetables, salads, desserts, and breads, as well as lots of early spring recipes!

My grocery list is filling up with more fresh fruits and veggies, especially asparagus! May is here on Wednesday, and that means so much more fresh and locally sourced produce in my favorite farmer’s markets! This week’s menu has a wide variety of dishes On The Menu from soup to hearty company-worthy main dishes! Enjoy!

Monday

Bobby and I just celebrated our 41st anniversary on a short trip. Now that we are home, I’m making him a romantic dinner. Steak is such a delicious meal, and it is so easy to cook! Many home cooks shy away from making steak unless it is grilled. I think pan-seared steak is so much better than steak on a grill. Shawn at Kitchen Swagger has a fabulous tutorial about how to cook steak on the stovetop.

Asparagus is the perfect pairing for steak, and I can get it fresh from our local farm market. I’m also making an upside-down potato and onion tart. Doesn’t that sound amazing?

I’m even making dessert tonight. My husband’s favorite cake is carrot cake, so I’m making one for him.

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• Pan Seared Ribeye Steak With Bleu Cheese Butter
• Upside Down Potato Onion Tart
• Perfectly Roasted Asparagus
• From Scratch Carrot Cake

Tuesday

I love tonight’s main dish and make it regularly. Pan-seared cod In White Wine Sauce is delicious and easy to make. The flaky cod swims in a delightful sauce. This recipe is easy for a weeknight but perfect for company, too! I love this recipe, Ashley @ Baker By Nature! Thanks!

After our steak dinner and dessert last night, we are keeping it light by pairing the cod with green beans in a delicious Asian-inspired sauce and our favorite Arugula salad.

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• Pan Seared Cod In White Wine Tomato Basil Sauce
• Copycat PF Changs Spicy Green Beans
• Arugula Salad With Shaved Parmesan Cheese Pinenuts And Lemon Vinaigrette

Wednesday- Soup Day

If you have been enjoying On The Menu, you will probably know that we are big soup eaters! I love to make a big pot of soup and serve it the next day or two for lunches or freeze it for a quick dinner. Tonight, Ukranian Mushroom Soup is on the menu. The recipe sounds scrumptious. I think I might try one change, though. Instead of vegetable broth, I’m thinking about using homemade chicken bone broth. Thanks, Iryna, at Lavender and Macarons.

I’m serving the soup with crusty, chewy rye bread with caraway seeds and broccoli salad. I could eat broccoli salad with almost anything.

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• Ukrainian Mushroom Soup
• The Best Broccoli Salad

Thursday

My Tex-Mex fix this week is quesadillas! Oh, I love a good quesadilla! Tonight’s main dish is filled with chicken and veggies. I think I’ll add thawed frozen corn and canned refried beans to the quesadilla just for fun. It is so good, and it takes under 30 minutes to make it. Thanks, Erin at Well Plated.

I’m making my own guac. It’s easy, too, and adds a flavor bomb to the quesadillas!

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• Chicken Quesadillas
• Homemade Guacamole
• Mexican Chopped Salad

Friday- Pizza Night

Almost every Friday, our Lancaster family joins together to have pizza and a salad and watch a kid movie with our grandchildren. Right now, Peter Rabbit 1 and Peter Rabbit 2 seem to be the most popular. Our son’s family brings the pizza, I make the salad, and my mom usually brings something sweet.

Tonight, we’re having pizza from our favorite Italian restaurant, and this is a full-flavored chopped salad. I am a big fan of chopped salad! I like it when I don’t have to wrangle big pieces of lettuce! I think the addition of Orzo is brilliant. Bobby and I often just eat the salad, and the addition of this small pasta will make it substantial. Thanks for the yummy recipe, Ambitious Kitchen.

I’m making cookies for dinner tonight. We all love Snickerdoodles, and I can’t wait to make these from On Sutton Place.

• Pizza
• Herby Italian Orzo Salad
• Snickerdoodle Bar Cookies

Saturday

• Salmon In Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
• Garlic Butter Rice
• Parmesan Roasted Leeks

SUNDAY- Company’s Coming

Tonight’s main dish is dressed-up comfort food. The chicken falls off the bone as it cooks in a bath of chicken broth, wine, and heavy cream. YUM! This is a much fancier version of my Nani’s Sauteed Chicken, which I posted in 2015! It’s super old, but the recipe is just so delicious! For tonight, I’m making Norine’s mouthwatering recipe. Thanks!

• Skillet Chicken Thighs In Mushroom and Wine
• Mashed Potatoes
• Garlic Roasted Parmesan Broccoli

Treat Of The Week

This week’s sweet treat is not only beautiful but also delicious. The berry cobbler has a sugar sprinkled biscuit crust and sweet and tart berries. Thanks, Sally for sharing your delicious dessert!

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• Berry Cobbler

Recipe Roundup Features

More Delicious Recipes To Try

This tasty, quick bread is made from a doctored-up box mix.

Individual sized potatoe stacks that are so pretty.

A medley of vegetables in a casserole.

A sweet and tangy baked chicken.

The most popular salad on Pinterest- or so they say.

This pound cake tastes as good as it looks.

My favorite make-ahead meatballs.

This doctor the box cake is called Are You Kidding Me Cake.

This chicken recipe is “magic”.

Really delicious-sounding baked potatoes.

These little veggie cakes look so good.

LOVE this chicken dish.

This Asian flavored salad is a family favorite.

This tasty chicken is on a stick.

I can’t wait to make this recipe. It looks amazing.

A new spin on mashed potatoes.

This dessert is custardy and creamy.

A beautiful spring inspired pasta dish.

A chowder from one of my favorite chefs.

This pound cake is moist without the butter.

A copycat chicken recipe.

This recipe is a mash up of cole slaw and Mexican street corn.

These meatballs are creamy.

This veggie dish is one of Ina Garden’s favorites.

These dessert bars are no-bake.

This braised pork shoulder looks sublime.

Have a scrumptious week!